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HOW MUSE-IC WILL SAVE LIVES

MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) is a nonprofit, independent and impartial humanitarian NGO, delivering vital medical treatment where it’s needed most, even inside conflict zones.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary last year, MSF has grown from 300 volunteers to 65,000 people worldwide. It was established with the belief that all victims of armed conflict, epidemics and natural or man-made disasters have the right to medical assistance quickly and efficiently irrespective of religion, race or politics.

MSF teams have been directly responding to the global Covid-19 pandemic over the last two years, while ensuring treatment and demands for non-Covid-19 needs such as cholera, HIV and TB are met all

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